About Match
Criciúma, 2nd with 47 points, sit 37 points above Ponte Preta (20th, 10). Criciúma have been under-performing their position — 10th on five-round form against 2nd in the table. In league terms the two rates read 1.08/0.73 for Criciúma and 0.62/2.08 for Ponte Preta (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.15. Victory would move Criciúma to 50 points and up to 1st, with other results unchanged.
Ponte Preta enter with four losses in a row. Recent form is uneven: 7/15 points for Criciúma, 1/15 for Ponte Preta.
8 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Criciúma 3, draws 3, Ponte Preta 2, at 2.5 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 25% of those meetings. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 63% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 88%.
Estádio Heriberto Hülse in Criciúma hosts the game.